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Speech, Hearing Lab
Offers Test Service
Among the most worthy and
yet probably among the less
known services offered by the
University of Nebraska is the
work being done in the Speech
Improvement and Hearing Re
habilitation laboratories. As a
division of the Department of
Speech and Dramatic Art, work
ing in cooperation with the De
partment of Educational Psy
chology and Extension Division,
the speech and hearing labora
tories offer testing and retraining
services to those having speech
dificulties or hearing losses.
Pre-Registration Tests.
The work of these laboratories
is not limited to servicing univer
sity students, although they come
iirst on the program. Previous to
registration each semester each
new and each transfer student is
given a speech proficiency test
and an audiometric hearing test.
Those found to be defective
in speech are recommended for
special work in the laboratories
and those who are found to be de
ficient in hearing are referred for
. medical examination and are
given special help in speech and
lip reading as the need may be.
A visit to the speech and hear
ing laboratories almost any time
during the day will find univer
sity students or Lincoln children
working in small groups or as in
dividuals in the small booths with
a clinician trained in remedial
methods. Ofter the Mirror-phone
is in use. This is a recording ma
chine into which one may speak
for a minute and then hear his
voice reproduced. When given
help by the clinician, the stu
dent soon learns to say "Sarah
sits on the steps," instead of
"Thara thithon the thepth."
Amplification
After a critical hearing loss has
been discovered by an audimetric
test, an additional connection on
the audiometer can be made to
amplify sound so that the hard-of-hearing
individual can hear
speech and thus correct in his
own speech the sounds which
he previously did not hear cor
rectly. Every Tuesday evening an adult
class in lip reading meets. By pho
netic charts, moving pictures, and
silent speech reading, the deaf and
the hard of hearing learn to un
derstand speech that they cannot
hear. A number of teachers-in-training
take part in this class,
since all of the work of the speech
and hearing laboratories is a part
of the special education program
of the university. Some of these
tenchors-in-trnining will be sent
out after graduation to work in
schols for the deaf, some will be
teachers or supervisors of speech
correction in public school sys
tems, and others may work with
the special education programs of
Mate departments.
Summer Clinic
During the months of June and
July, the Children's Summer
Clinic is in swing. Those little
people that one sees running
about on the second floor of the
Temple building are not child
prodigies entering the university,
but youngsters who lisp or stutter
or who" have hearing losses. This
summer special attention will be
given to a group of children with
spastic speech and to another
group of children who have very
little or no hearing. These latter
children will be taught to speak
and to road lips.
A late development in the lab
oratories is the children's room.
and murals of fairy tales
and nursery rhymes. The murals
were a contribution of Kady
Falkner's senior art students.
Individual Training:
During the summer clinic,
teachers-in-training are given a
chance to learn corrective meth
Here one finds toys and books,
ods while teaching the children to
speak correctly through use of
creative play, choral reading, and
speech games. Each child is given
a period of individual work and
takes part in group work.
Phonograph recordings are
made of each subject in the lab
oratories throughout the training
period so that the clinician and
the subject may hear what pro
gress is being made.
One of the most interesting
groups which has been meeting
during the past semester is the
five o'clock Monday group which
includes ten university students
who are stutterers. This has been
an experimental group, which
through means of personality an
alysis, diagnostic procedures,
study of theories in the field, and
by contacts with speech instruc
tors, psychologists, medical men,
and the University psychiatrist,
has been attempting to overcome
individual difficulties.
Other Clinics.
Not only do children and adults
come from all over the state to
seek help at the speech and hear
ing laboratories, but the faculty
members and the trained clinicians
conduct diagnostic clinics for va
rious counties over the state. These
are usually complete clinics with
audiometric testing, psychological
testing, and speech testing. In
many cases help is given in se
curing retraining and rehabilita
tion. This spring a "flying instructor"
went to the western part of the
state to conduct one of the off
campus centers in speech correc
tion and development. These are
teacher-training classes and the
teachers enrolled receive univer
sity credit for doing special work
under supervision with handi
capped children in their schools
and neighborhoods. There were six
such centers over the state this
past year.
Speech Activities.
While the equipment in the
speech and hearing laboratories at
the university is far from elabo
rate, the department has been do
ing remarkable work during the
past five years. A total of 8,505
university students have been
tested in speech. During the last
year, 2,553 university students
have been tested in hearing. Over
the st'ite and in the city of Lin
coln 508 children have been tested,
and 5,895 patient visits have been
made by these children alone for
diagnostic and retraining purposes.
During the last year 103 uni
versity students defective in
speech were given individual re
training work in the laboratories.
Fourteen students who were found
to have critical hearing losses were
given training in lip reading and
in speech; of these 14 students,
four were fitted with hearing aids.
One university student who had
been making low grades in school
increased his grade average fifteen
percent after becoming adjusted
to the use of his hearing aid.
Future.
There are many things that the
laboratories could do to increase
their services and make their
studies more reliable. However,
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
SAM Founder
Brchks Ground
For Nov Home
Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity
Sunday held official ground
breaking ceremonies for their new
chapter house which is to be built
on the corner of Sixteenth and
Vine streets.
Harry B. Cohen of Omaha, one
of the 13 original founders of the
Nebraska chapter and a past nai
tional president, took the first
shovel of dirt. Mr. Cohen was fol
lowed by Dan HilL Dave Bern
stein, president of the Omaha
alumni club; Rabbi Harry Jolt,
and Morton Zuber, president of
the fraternity.
The new house will be ready
for occupation by the end of the
year and is expected to house 40
men.
Active members dedicated the
library to Harry Goldstein, who
lost his life in World war II.
The Sammies also held their
annual Mother's Day program at
the Lincoln hotel.
Religious
News
Lutheran Chapel Services.
Lutheran student Sunday wor
ship services will be held Sun
day at 10:45 in Room 315 of the
Union. In commemoration of As
cension day, the Rev. H. Erck
will discuss "He ascended Into
Heaven."
Methodist Students.
Methodist students attending the
picnic breakfast Sunday morning:
will meet at the student House
at 6:30 a. m., or at the conces
sion stand at Antelope park at
7 a. m.
Special Meeting:.
A special business meeting' of
Alpha Epsilon Rho will be held
tonight at 5 p. m., tn Temple 28.
All actives and pledges are asked
to attend. Important business will
be taken up and the meeting: will
be short.
Episcopal Services.
Regular Episcopal church serv
ices will be held at 8:30 and 11
a. m. Sunday.
this type of work is yet in its be
ginning stages. The public is just
beginning to awaken to the needs
of the exceptional child and pos
sibilities of special education.
While the exceptionally talented
child must not be negelected, also
important are the special needs of
the child who with a speech dif
ficulty or with a loss in hearing
must compete with children nor
mal in hearing and in speech.
The speech and hearing labora
tories are doing a great deal to
lighten the problems of the in
dividual handicapped with a
speech or hearing difficulty. In
many instances, speech and hear
ing problems can be completely
overcome or adequate adjustments
can be made.
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NAME ERROR
. Sanfoid Learner, and not San
ford Leger as listed yesterday, is
a candidate for Student Union
Board membership.
DAILY PICNIC
All Daily Nebraskan workers
from this semester or last who
wish to to to the annual picnic
should meet in the Rag office Fri
day afternoon at 5 o'clock.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS
All persons who have applied
for positions of the Daily Nebras
kan should be present for an in
terview with the publications
board at 9 a. m. tomorrow in the
faculty lounge.
INTER-FRATERNITY SING
There will be a meeting of all
directors of the Inter-Fraternity
sing in room 315 of the Union
at 5 p. m. today. Directors will
receive judge's criticisms from
the sing:, according to Fred Teller.
VETER-ANN'S PICNIC
Veter-Ann's have scheduled a
To Activity Tickets
Athletic Director A. J. Lew
andowski has announced that
student activity tickets will not
be honored for the state high
school track championships
Friday and Saturday, or for the
Big Six meet which will occur
a week later. Both meets will
be at Memorial Stadium.
THE WHOLE PAR
IS OPEN!
Come Out For Fun!
SWIM in salt water
WA1VCE
HIDE
So . . . just when I hit a triple you
hafta start pluggin' Simon's swim
wear!
MEN'S SPORTSWEAR, STREET FLOOR
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Friday, May 16, 1947
National Music
Group Initiates
Eight Members
Theta chapter of Delta
Omicron, national music sorority,
initiated eight new members
Tuesday evening at the School of
Music.
The initiates were Helen An
derson, Mary Barton, Wanda
Buell, Margaret Colssmith, Mary
Low Sommer, Mary Low Tracy,
Nadine Ulmor and Jeanne Wood.
Jackie King,, president, pre
sided at the ceremonies.
picnic Saturday at Dr. Bedell's.
For further information and res
ervations, members who plan to
attend may call Clara Pappas,
2-5650 or Irene Gunther, 5-5297.
Cornhuskers.
Dean Skokan, business mana
ger of the 1947 Cornhusker, an
nounced today that 50 Cornhusk
ers are available for purchase.
Skokan also stated that Friday
has been set as the deadline for
$3 partial payments for the year
book. Correction.
Undergraduate wives and hus
bands of Teachers College will
meet for an informal party at the
home of C. L. Jennings at 2620
North 45th, Friday at 8 p. m.
Club hostesses will be Mrs. J. A.
Varney and Mrs. V. W. Arnold.
This party was previously re
ported as being for graduate
wives.
every night but Monday
SKATE PICNIC
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